Example sentences of "had to go [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 2 | Mark Cameron ( 1987 ) felt that the knot symbolized possession by a man , a token of the collective sacred marriage which all young people had to go through as the culmination of their initiation sequence . |
| 3 | We had to go downstairs to the toilet , and in the winter the water used to freeze up . |
| 4 | Someone had to go round with the coals , wash up , sweep , scrub , polish , fetch and carry . |
| 5 | These cottage front doors were never used — some even had rows of flowerpots across the sill as a deterrent — and Anna had to go round to the back to find a resting place for the magazine . |
| 6 | But , nevertheless , for me eternity was not now , and I had to go on into the future and in this world . |
| 7 | Sartre and de Beauvoir had to go elsewhere after the Liberation . |
| 8 | Not Adam Burns , though — oh no , he had to go straight for the jugular . |
| 9 | He had to make frequent visits to hospital , for plaster to be changed , for X-rays and check-ups , and as unfortunately further cancer cells had been found in his spine , he had to go periodically to the Christie Hospital again . |
| 10 | Especially if it meant he had to go out into the dark . |
| 11 | ‘ Because I only found the portrait — I was only able to identify the man in her diary when I had to go out to the cottage last Saturday . |
| 12 | And they fought the fire until they were finally er had to go out of the tower altogether . |
| 13 | had to go out in the road ! |
| 14 | A teacher , again in a Southall primary school , told of an ‘ amusing ’ incident when an Indian girl of ten was reduced to tears when she had to go out in the sun in the summer term . |
| 15 | Nell Anderson said it , knowing that it was hopeless , that Delaney would — had to go down to the engine room . |
| 16 | Sarah was kept busy replenishing dishes , and every time she had to go down to the kitchen she was afraid of missing the Reverend Morey , but he appeared last of all . |
| 17 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 18 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 19 | Had to go back to the school — had to sit amongst the probationers , and then after the school , he was posted right from one side of the city to the other . |
| 20 | Then again for reasons of established cultural preference we had to go back to the Audit Commission and ask them to translate £6.358 million into ‘ real men ’ , for we had difficulty in trying to sell such an alien concept to the police mind . |
| 21 | She had to go back to the theatre and see this thing through , for tonight , at least . |
| 22 | Galerie de la Scala fared so well with a mixture of French , North European and Italian drawings , priced at FFr 20,000–350,000 , not always by famous names but always in exquisite taste , that they had to go back to the gallery for more . |
| 23 | The jackets had to go back to the sweatshop , making for an unnecessary and annoying delay . |
| 24 | After lunch we did a bit more skiing and then we had to go back to the hotel . |
| 25 | Resuming at the short fourth hole , he promptly took a double bogey five , leaving a bunker shot in the sand , and then following it with a six at the fifth , where he hooked into some bushes and had to go back to the tee . |
| 26 | I had to go back to the room , as if I needed to tell the place where I lived of my feeling . |
| 27 | had to go back to the doctor |
| 28 | So I thanked Mr. Lennis for his frankness , explained that I had to go back to the bank to deal with some work , and departed . |
| 29 | I , I could feel that I have , I had to go back to the bath to the toilet quite often . |
| 30 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |